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drussell:

--- Quote from: dolbeau on February 24, 2021, 05:28:01 pm ---They may have similar climates, but at dissimilar latitudes.
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You do realize that there is a lot more to the overall climate in a given geographical area than just latitude, right?!   :palm:

drussell:

--- Quote from: dolbeau on February 24, 2021, 05:28:01 pm ---Bordeaux is 44°50′N and has very extensive vineyards, famously. I could be missing on something, but I'm not aware of much wine shipping from Halifax (44°52′N) - it seems unlike Bordeaux, the climate doesn't agree with the vines...
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though global warming might change this; anyone know a good spot to grow vines near Halifax in the future? :-)
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Actually, Nova Scotia is one of the more prolific wine producing regions in Canada...

dolbeau:

--- Quote from: drussell on February 24, 2021, 05:43:02 pm ---You do realize that there is a lot more to the overall climate in a given geographical area than just latitude, right?!   :palm:

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Presumably I do, as that was the point I was making by then showing very different climates at the same latitude :-)

I probably over-trimmed the post I was answering to. Canada *is* a cold country compared to European country of similar latitudes, and the Gulf Stream certainly has a part in that. The Kuroshio Current plays a similar role on the west coast, as mentioned by another poster.


Howardlong:

--- Quote from: nctnico on February 21, 2021, 10:31:17 pm ---For a typical US build house that is. As JohnnyMalaria stated there is a huge difference between how houses are build in Europe versus the US. In Europe a typical house is built to be there for 100+ years. You can throw water and wind at it but worst case you need to replace some roof tiles, windows / doors and/or wall paper.

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Slightly OT, but office buildings in high rent areas can barely last 40 years here in London before being levelled and completely rebuilt. Even old historically significant buildings aren't always protected, the modus operandi of the landlord is to leave the building empty in a dilapidated state until it's so unsafe they manage to get permission to level it and redevelop. I've lost count of the number of apparently perfectly serviceable buildings I've worked in over the years that just aren't there any more, replaced by designs with even more gleaming glass. The browns of the 70s and 80s are being pushed out by the greys with floor to ceiling shininess. As a result, much of London is a permanent building site.

Oh, and then there's always this way to achieve new build that's around the corner from me.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-54794723
https://chelseasociety.org.uk/1790-house-collapses/

dolbeau:

--- Quote from: drussell on February 24, 2021, 05:48:59 pm ---Actually, Nova Scotia is one of the more prolific wine producing regions in Canada...

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Well, you learn something new every day. Wine and Frenchmen... we think we know everything and unsurprisingly it turns out we don't :-)

And looking at the Wines of Nova Scotia website (could have checked *that* before posting...), they're trying for Pinot Noir as well. Kinda intrigued I must say. Not that any shops here will carry any of it for me to try (if you want to meet an angry french shopkeeper, ask for some New World wines in a french wine shop...).

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